Slacker, directed by Richard Linklater, presents a day in the Iife of a loose-knit Austin, Texas, subculture popuIated by eccentric and overeducated young people. Shooting on 16 mm for a mere $23,000, writer-producer-director Linklater and his crew of friends threw out any idea of a traditional plot, choosing instead to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters, each as compeIIing as the last. SIacker is a prescient Iook at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants, and one of the key films of the American independent fiIm movement of the 1990s. |